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Max

max@towardsliberty.com

Praxeologist ~ Cryptoanarchist ~ Cypherpunk

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17h ago

Bitcoin's success depends on the assumption that decentralized networks can evade state control, a premise not proven but observed in similar systems.

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20h ago

Covetousness isn’t envy. It’s the rot of believing you can’t create, so you steal.

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npub1zrmu0

1d ago

Wayfaring is too special and too rare to be available so cheaply, Bitcoinshop.uk with an awesome deal on an amazing book. May snap up a copy or two to gift. There are nearly £150 a copy on Amazon!!!!

npub1f69t2

Aug 30, 2024

Still some copies of this super rare book ‘A Lodging of Wayfaring Men’ available at https://thebitcoinshop.uk/product/a-lodging-of-wayfaring-men/

Pay with bitcoin or dirty fiat. International shipping available.

npub18ktmc

Jul 24, 2024

I have been looking for this out-of-print book for quite a few years & I finally managed to obtain a mint copy, at a reasonable secondary market price. Thank you @nprofile1q for making this happen !!! 📚 #Bitcoin
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1d ago

The state controls through surveillance and force; liberty requires hiding in plain sight and defending what's yours.

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1d ago

The state's money is a tool of control; true liberty requires independent money and trade systems.

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1d ago

Safety cages suffocate potential. Growth demands venturing beyond the familiar, even when it terrifies.

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1d ago

Social conventions are transient costumes. Today’s sacred truths will be tomorrow’s discarded relics.

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2d ago

Don't accept the lie that your dreams aren’t worth the fight.

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2d ago

Healing begins when we exit the sick system.

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npub1gcf9l

2d ago

Happy Friday. New pod just dropped.

Ayn Rand would approve:

https://fountain.fm/episode/TqZ3FgFAd4hxdNJSTT1w

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npub12hcyt

2d ago

Something new for SEC-04 @Sovereign Engineering #SovEng

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npub1u07xw

2d ago

Hypothetical diagram of how ecash issuance and redemption would work if cashu used anonymous credentials (KVAC).

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npub1hkuk4

2d ago

Bitcoin Optech newsletter #351 is here:

- announces a new aggregate signature protocol
compatible with secp256k1
- describes a standardized backup scheme for
wallet descriptors
- summarizes popular Q&A from Stack Exchange
- Optech Newsletter #351 Recap
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/25/

Jonas Nick, Tim Ruffing, Yannick Seurin posted to the Bitcoin-Dev mailing list to announce a paper they’ve written about creating 64-byte aggregate signatures compatible with the cryptographic primitives already used by Bitcoin...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/25/#interactive-aggregate-signatures-compatible-with-secp256k1

Salvatore Ingala posted to Delving Bitcoin a summary of various tradeoffs related to backing up wallet descriptors and a proposed scheme that should be useful for many different types of wallets, including those using complex scripts...
https://bitcoinops.org/en/newsletters/2025/04/25/#standardized-backup-for-wallet-descriptors

Selected Q&A from Bitcoin Stack Exchange:
- Practicality of half-aggregated schnorr signatures?
- What’s the largest size OP_RETURN payload ever created?
- Non-LN

... See more

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npub15ax00

2d ago

Hello, Nostr! Allow us to introduce ourselves.

At Lava, we’ve built the most secure way to borrow against your bitcoin.

No counterparties, no custodians, no bridges. Instead, we’ve built a fully on-chain lending protocol that leverages Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs), which are smart contracts that are native to Bitcoin.

Using Lava, you can take out a USD loan using your Bitcoin as collateral *without giving up self-custody*. It’s fast, secure, and we offer some of the best rates in the business.

You can check us out at http://lava.xyz to learn more!

We’re excited to be here on Nostr!

#introductions

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Max

2d ago

Sovereign means not a slave.

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npub1hr6v9

2d ago

be me: yesterday I found randomly a paper about 2 Circle STARK friendly hash functions working with Mersenne M31 (RPO-M31 and XHash-M31: Efficient Hash Functions for Circle STARKs by Tomer Ashur1 and Sundas Tariq)

then i was: ohhh wow, looks interesting. then: write a rust implementation

then start thinking: wait, maybe it could be a good candidate for a Circle STARK friendly AND Bitcoin Script friendly hash function

then: start doing analysis and cost estimate

then realise that they would NOT be practical to implement in Bitcoin Script...

It's a pity for this but still it's very interesting hash functions, and the fact that they natively work with M31 is super promising.

Maybe it's worth building a Cairo and Solidity implementation and benchmark the costs. They might be more interesting to use than Poseidon for Circle STARKs M31.

Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2024/1635.pdf
Rust repo: https://github.com/AbdelStark/rpo-xhash-m31

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Max

2d ago

The legendary meetup returns!

Support the crowdfund and it will be a meatup too! #CypherpunkBBQ

npub17uy9r

2d ago

32% raised from 32 contributors.

Make Cypherpunk meetup... happen (not great again, we will make it great, your job is to come!)

https://pay.cypherpunk.today/apps/2XpjQGab73AHiuHq1KNEEyFFKSZx/crowdfund

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npub1tn2ls

2d ago

A huge thank you to @Karnage for the work he is putting into kinostr.com 🍿📽️🤙
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It provides an attractive front end for all the movies @kinostr and myself have been posting to Nostr, making it a lot easier to browse what is available.

You can also post new films yourself!
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Archive.org has many films available.

A quick how to:
🔹Sign into kinostr.com with your Nostr account.
🔹Search "your_movie archive.org" in your favorite search engine.
🔹Once you find it, under the archive.org download options click "show all"
🔹Copy the MP4 link for the movie and paste it into kinostr.com
🔹Provide a cover image too, themoviedb.org is a great source with lots of fan sourced images.
🔹Click "Publish Film" and it will post a note with your movie and add it to kinostr.com

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Max

2d ago

The stuff you can do with this simple math formula is WILD.

npub1mhcr4

3d ago

Blinding is fun! 🥜
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npub1dejts

3d ago

Just released nostr-static v0.1 🚀

A static site generator for long-form Nostr content. Download events by IDs and generate beautiful HTML pages.

Features:
- Multiple relay support
- Dark/light theme
- GitHub Pages ready

Check it out: https://github.com/dhalsim/nostr-static

Demo: https://blog.nostrize.me

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Max

2d ago

Grow up.
Think for yourself.
Stop following orders.

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Max

3d ago

Self respect means to look at the self again.

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3d ago

Did you build freedom tech today?

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npub1xdtdu

2w ago

Store your nsec in a secure enclave!

We've spent a big part of 2024 trying to make a reliable non-custodial signer with nsec.app. It hasn't worked out perfectly - remote access to keys stored on a mobile device is still unreliable, especially on iOS.

That's why we got very interested in AWS Nitro Enclaves - h/t @Marks and MapleAI team for inspiration!

The idea is to have an open-source custodial signer and deploy it in an isolated environment that provides attestation for the deployed code. Anyone would be able to reproduce the code build and verify that the signer is running the correct code in a safe environment.

So here it is: https://github.com/nostrband/noauth-enclaved

Each instance of a signer deployed in an enclave announces itself on Nostr. We added some Nostr to attestation provided by AWS - the report is linked

... See more

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Max

3d ago

Forgive yourself for past compliance. Awakening matters more than yesterday’s sleep.

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npub17h9fn

3d ago

Traveling off-grid? Voca turns your phone into an offline library. Preload articles, manuals, novels, listen anywhere, no connection required.

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Max

3d ago

Citizenship was the original subscription service. Cancel auto-renewal on the social contract scam.

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4d ago

Temporary Autonomous Zones (TAZs) are spaces where state control is temporarily eluded.

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4d ago

Tradecraft isn’t paranoia, it’s survival. Compartmentalize, anonymize, and deny plausible connections.

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4d ago

When every interaction requires state approval, existence becomes a crime. Go rogue.

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npub16fhh3

4d ago

New Ark Simple explainer & FAQ

https://docs.arklabs.xyz/

Bitcoin's blockchain offers strong security guarantees at the tradeoff of limited transaction throughput, high fees, and settlement delays, restricting its practical use for various applications requiring greater scalability, lower costs, or faster settlement.

Ark addresses these limitations primarily through a novel batching technique, aggregating numerous individual Bitcoin transactions into a single onchain Bitcoin commitment—called a Batch Output. This significantly reduces transaction costs per user and greatly enhances scalability.

The protocol mirrors Bitcoin’s familiar UTXO structure using Virtual Transaction Outputs (VTXOs). These offchain abstractions preserve a familiar output ownership model while embedding many claims into a single Batch Output. VTXOs ensure that users retain unilateral control over their funds and enable efficient offchain coordination before final settlement on Bitcoin.

Link for details!

👾

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Max

5d ago

No tyrants without slaves.

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npub1hkuk4

5d ago

Earlier today @Murch and @schmidty spoke with Niklas Gögge about Newsletter #350

- Fuzz testing tool for Bitcoin nodes
- Message signing
- PSBTv2 explorer
- MPC Library
- Bitcoin Core 29.0
- And more!

Catch up:
https://bitcoinops.org/en/podcast/2025/04/22/

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Max

6d ago

Law exists to reduce conflict through self-ownership, property rights, and binding agreements. Clarity prevents disputes.

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6d ago

The Doors are great

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6d ago

Utopia isn’t a place. It’s a people: healed, creating, unashamed. Build it person by person.

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6d ago

Cross-border legal actions often cost more than disputes. Decentralized protocols enable affordable digital justice.

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1w ago

Money makes us human.

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npub1nccwj

3w ago

I want to put a Wasabi coordinator in each Wasabi client and allow users to decide whether they want to act as coordinators or not.

Currently, a WabiSabi coordinator only requires:

* The gettxout RPC call to verify that inputs being registered are unspent and mature
* A mining fee rate provider to determine how much each input/output should pay to the network

These requirements can be satisfied even by a pruned Bitcoin node and don't present any obstacles.

In an ideal world, each coordinator would announce itself (for example, as an onion service), and then clients could agree on which coordinator to connect to for the next CoinJoin round. However, in the real world, malicious actors could create hundreds or thousands of onion services to maximize their chances of being selected.

Is there any way to solve this

... See more

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npub1nccwj

3w ago

Multishares backup (Shamir Secret Sharing) is a great way to encode your seed with the specified redundancy to distribute your secret.

This was in the Wasabi ToDo list since 2021. The crypto was implemented nine months ago and it seems we are going to finally have it in our next release!

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npub1yn84u

2w ago

I’m running a coinjoin coordinator that doesn’t ask any % fees, you just pay the mining fee. Any coinjoin dust collected will be used to donate to open source development via @OpenSats / @HRF / @BtcpayServer
Read more on: coinjoin.nl

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npub1ze4x5

1w ago

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1w ago

Now compare this to the original nostr description of @fiatjaf from November 9, 2020:

https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nostr/commit/bdeb03aeaf2d44db954e0eb1356a3f585ee7c50d

npub1pzzrd

1w ago

@jack showed me nostr recently. Reminds me of a writeup I did back in 2021 on decentralized social media:

https://rossulbricht.medium.com/decentralize-social-media-cc47dcfd4f99

I'll be mirroring my X account here and hopefully finding some good conversations.

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Max

1w ago

Now that we have @Ross Ulbricht & @Edward Snowden, would be great if Julian Assange can join the nostr party.

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npub1wrzgu

1w ago

As a decentralized protocol built on #Bitcoin and #Nostr Angor stays true to the cypherpunk ethos.

We do not own your funds.

You have full custody.

You set up the wallet.

You control the project.

Even if the Angor devs disapear, you can continue to use Angor.

Protocols not platforms. This is the way.

#Bitcoin #Nostr #Freeyourself

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npub12rv5l

1w ago

Cypherpunk future is now.

Satocash is a Satochip Cashu applet running on a Java Card. This is an NFC card with brains. It can do coinselection, PIN protection, and can act like an offline Cashu hardware wallet. Things are going to get wild!

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npub15dc33

1w ago

@Shopstr is officially live on the Umbrel App Store!

You can now install your own instance of the site on your home server with the click of a button.

Big thanks to a dev named Denny for his help getting our app merged! Also, make sure to check out his community app store on Umbrel to support him (where he also has @Shopstr listed, ofc 😉):

https://github.com/dennysubke/dennys-umbrel-app-store

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#shopfreely #yourkeysyourshop #shopstr

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Max

1w ago

Monopolies can't survive without government enforcement. Free markets naturally dismantle concentrated power. The real class war pits controllers against those seeking self-determination through production.

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npub1hxx76

1w ago

#GrapheneOS Important Statement

One of our two senior developers has been forcibly detained and conscripted to participate in a war. When they first went missing, we revoked their repository access as a precaution. We soon learned their disappearance was completely unrelated to GrapheneOS. Our priority has been keeping them safe.

We've used our available connections to try to keep them safe. There's no way to get them out of the conscription. However, they're an incredibly talented security researcher and engineer and it would be extraordinarily misguided to send them to front line combat. This seems to be understood now.

GrapheneOS development and updates have continued and will keep going. We have substantial funds available to hire multiple experienced developers. We'll need to hire multiple experienced developers to fill their big shoes. They'll hopefully be safe and when they return we'll have a bigger team.

... See more

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1w ago

Don't debate jailers about cell decor. Melt bars with the white-hot focus of those who remember being free.

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npub1eajvs

1w ago

A statist pussy certainly won’t run a Wildcat Mint.
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1w ago

Plant orchards in the cracks of control.

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npub1gcxzt

1w ago

Periodic reminder that your relays see absolutely EVERYTHING you do on Nostr. Regardless of which Client you use. They literally see the app downloading zaps, replies, and reactions when you scroll your posts in real time.

So... MAKE SURE TO KNOW WHO THEY ARE and that you TRUST THEM with that information.

Nostr is just like a browser. The server has to know what you want to see to send it to you, and that gives them the power to track you and see what you are asking for. There is no way around it.

I can't stress this enough.

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npub1sg6pl

1w ago

we reject gatekeepers.
we defy borders, hierarchies, and middlemen.
code is our passport. access is our right.

permissionless technologies defend freedoms.
they scale trust without institutions.
they enable action without approval.

no one asks to speak.
no one begs to build.
no one waits to change.

we build systems that can't be shut down.
we create tools that serve all, not the few.
we write code that liberates, not controls.

this is not just infrastructure.
it’s a revolution—
silent, sovereign, unstoppable.

we don’t ask.
we deploy.

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1w ago

Train with Atlas' dumbells.

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1w ago

"A language that everybody remembers forever and which cannot be use to lie."
~ @allen

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1w ago

The strongest critics of bitcoin are very weak.

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1w ago

Adam’s sin was rejecting his godlike potential.

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1w ago

The state is a bad roommate: steals your food, spies on your mail, then demands rent for the privilege. Move out.

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npub1musqe

1w ago

Exciting news! We are preparing to launch a campaign on Republic Europe (formerly Seedrs), offering you the chance to buy equity in our business - to share in our mission, to be part of our future.

Interested? Here's what to do:

1. Visit our landing page to join the priority investor list https://europe.republic.com/musqet/coming-soon
2. Fill in your details
3. We'll email you when the campaign goes live.

We are building the future of business on Bitcoin. Join us!

Approved by Republic Europe on 07/04/25

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Max

1w ago

They monitor our chats while printing monopoly money. We're opting out of their panopticon and their Ponzi scheme.

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1w ago

Are you the Bitcoin guy in the company you work for?
Help save the business and turn it from fiat to bitcoin.
@BTC Prague has the supporting material and conference to make the job easier for you.

https://pages.btcprague.com/be-the-bitcoin-go-to-guy-in-your-company

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1w ago

Unstoppable code.

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1w ago

Death focuses the living.

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npub12xy9y

1w ago

Day 19 of 21 Futures

The Rainmaker by Joseph Sidari - selling Mother Earth's resources gets out of hand.

Read the story in Financial Fallout.



#bullishbounty

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npub17uy9r

1w ago

Yes, we are doing it again!

Cypherpunk meetup in Prague as an official side event of BTC Prague happens on Thursday, 19th June and it's again on a (different) boat, so we will play pirates!

Tickets below the manifesto...

🔥 Webs, grids, meshes
🫂 Peer-to-peer Everything

We often get smitten by the picture of the world as a hierarchy: Someone always above, someone always below. Bosses, leaders, rulers, chains of command, all wrapped in societal imperatives.

But if you zoom out, the real world doesn’t run on pyramids – it runs on webs. Across the world, resilient communities and decentralized networks are quietly rewriting the rules. They don’t wait for permission. They don’t hold press conferences. They operate in whispers, in code, in trade, in trust. They don’t change the world top-down.They change it side-to-side, network to network.

... See more

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npub17uy9r

1w ago

Yes, we are doing it again!

Cypherpunk meetup in Prague as an official side event of BTC Prague happens on Thursday, 17th June and it's again on a (different) boat, so we will play pirates!

Tickets below the manifesto...

🔥 Webs, grids, meshes
🫂 Peer-to-peer Everything

We often get smitten by the picture of the world as a hierarchy: Someone always above, someone always below. Bosses, leaders, rulers, chains of command, all wrapped in societal imperatives.

But if you zoom out, the real world doesn’t run on pyramids – it runs on webs. Across the world, resilient communities and decentralized networks are quietly rewriting the rules. They don’t wait for permission. They don’t hold press conferences. They operate in whispers, in code, in trade, in trust. They don’t change the world top-down.They change it side-to-side, network to network.

... See more

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npub167n5w

1w ago

ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨
BTC Prague is crossing the Atlantic.
We’re bringing the hardcore Bitcoin ethos to Washington D.C. — because the mission matters.
2025 is the year of legitimization.

If the politicians won’t come to us in Prague, Nashville, or Vegas… we’ll go to them.
It’s time to plant orange seeds on Capitol Hill.

Let’s accelerate Bitcoin adoption — and push back against the crypto lobby.

BTC in DC is coming. 🇺🇸
Follow us and sign up with your email to stay tuned — Find out more through YouTube and via the link.

Save the date: September 30 – October 1, 2025

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npub1wrzgu

1w ago

Self custody is one of the most important aspects of Bitcoin!

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If you're a builder or an investor, the first thing that should occur to you is to safeguard your Bitcoin.

Angor eliminates the risk of third-party custodians and gives the investor full control over their BTC before and during the investment period into a project.

Have you tested Angor yet?
https://test.angor.io/

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1w ago

The state is humanity's abusive parent. We're the grown children establishing healthy boundaries with a narcissist.

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1w ago

Property deeds are love letters to liberty. Every title held without permission is a valentine to human dignity.

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